The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-06
ELECTIONS.

SEC. 2. Provides for two ballot-boxes
Manner OF conducting election and
counting votes-Election returns.
SEC, 8. Compensation for election OF.
flcers.
4. Repeating section.
CHAP. 31-[H II. b. No. 1876 An Act
to provide for more speedy counting
of the vote at special and general
elections, and to pay the judges and
clerks for the same.
SECTION |. BE II enacted by the Legis
lature of the State OF Texas: That the
presiding officer of each election pre-.
cinct which shall have cast more than
one hundred votes at the last preceding
election shall on or before the day OF
election, select from among the qualified
voters Of the precinct three judges and
four clerks, to be made from the differ
ent political parties If demanded, as far
as practicable, and there be present q
sufficient number Of the party making
such demand who are willing and com
petent to serve in such position. That
said presiding judge, before balloting
begins, shall designate two of said judges
to be counting judges, and such presid-
ing Judge and said remaining Judge shall
be the receiving judges of election, and
said presiding judge shall designate two
of said clerks to be receiving clerks and
two Of said clerks to be canvassing clerks
of said election. The said receiving
clerks shall keep the poll lists and the
said canvassing clerks shall keep the
tally lists now provided for by law.
SEC. 2 That there shall be provided
by the presiding Judge two ballot boxes,
one Of which shall be numbered No.
and the other No. 2. Before the ballot.
ing begins said judge shall open and ex-
anime said boxes, and remove everything
thereform One of said receiving judges
shall receive the ballots of each voter,
and after pronouncing the name of such
voter in an audible voice shall pass the
ballot to the other receiving judge, who
shall number the same and deposit 1t in
said ballot box No. /, which shall be
kept securely closed while the balloting
continues for one hour from the time of
opening the polls. At the expiration of
said hour the receiving judges shall de-
liver said ballot box No. to the counting
Judges who shall Immediately deliver
over to said receiving judges ballot box
No. 2, which ballot box No. 3 shall be
all the Judges, and when everything is
removed therefrom shall be securely
closed, and until the ballots in box No. 1
have been counted said receiving
Judges shall receive and deposit ballots
therein in the same manner as during
the first hour ballots were received and
deposited in ballot box No. 1. After the
delivery of ballot box No. to the count
ing Judges the same shall be Immediately
opened by them and the tickets shall be
tax en- out one at time by one
of the counting judges, who
shall read distinctly while the ticket
remains in his hand the name or names
written or printed thereon also the office
that is intended to be filed by such per-
son voted for, and deliver the same to
the other counting judge. who shall
place the same in another box and keep
securely until the counting is finished,
and then said box with all the ballots
cast at said election shall be returned to
the county clerk, as provided for by law.
The same method shall be observed with
each ticket and the counting shall con-
tinue thus until all the ballots in the box
are counted. And then the counting
Judges shall securely close ballot box
No. I, and deliver the same to the re-
ceiving judges, and receive from the
receiving judges ballot box No. 2, and so
on in the same manner until the polls
are closed and all the ballots are counted.
No person or persons shall be admitted
in the room or place where such
ballots are being counted except the
Judges and clerks of election: Provided,
That any political party may select
a representative man, who may be ad-
mitted as witness of such counting.
1t shall be the duty of one Of the judges
to announce to the voters present the
total number of votes polled at each
change of the boxes; but the judges,
clerks and witnesses shall make oath
that they will make no statement nor
give any information of any kind as to
The number OF votes polled Tor any Office
or person, nor the namp of any person
voted for, nor any oth,r fact touching
in any way to show the state of the polls
at any time previous to che closing OF the
polls of said election on the day OF the
same. When any persoi. offering to vote
shall be objected to, the manager of the
election, with the two tirst named judges
on the list of judges, shall examine the
person offering to vote upon oath touch
ing the points of such objection, and II
such person fail to establish his qualih-
cation to vote to the satisfaction OF a
majority of the managers of the cleo
ton, his vote shall be rejected; II his
vote be received the word sworn shall
be written by the clerks upon the list
opposite the. name of such voter.
SEC. 3. The presiding officer, judges
and clerks shall be entitled to receive as
compensation for their services the sum
of two dollars per day, the same to be
paid by the county treasurer OF the
county where such services are rendered,
ur,on the order of the commissioners